ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Primed as the favourite to host the 2022 Winter Olympics at ritzy St. Moritz and Davos, Switzerland won't even bid after the project was rejected in a state referendum Sunday.

Tina Maze, a 29-year-old Slovenian skier who has clinched the World Cup overall women's title this season, shook off a death threat to finish fourth in the super-giant slalom race Sunday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

VAL DI FIEMME, Italy — Eric Frenzel won an individual Nordic combined event Thursday for Germany’s first medal of the world championships, beating Bernhard Gruber of Austria by 36.7 seconds.

Kamil Stoch soared to victory on Thursday in Val di Fiemme winning a gold medal for Poland in the men's large hill event at the 2013 Nordic World Ski Championships. 

The viewers and spectators alike have been treated to wonderful sights of competitions from the Valley of Fiemme during the FIS Nordic Worlds. In addition, the fans of Nordic Skiing will also have noticed the many beautiful new wooden buildings and the wood-dominated construction of the finish installations and the medals plaza, for example.

The Dream Programme is an annual winter sports training camp staged in Korea for international youth between the ages of 11-15. 

Executive Committee of the Russian Olympic Committee approved the program of support of Russian national team in preparation for the Olympic Games-2014.

Today, 28 February, a press conference about economic issues of the Olympic Games has been held at Moscow.

Voters in the Swiss canton of Graubuenden, where St. Moritz and Davos are located, will be voting in a referendum Sunday on whether to support a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

VAL DI FIEMME, Italy - Olympic and world champion Pietro Piller Cottrer has retired from cross-country skiing at the age of 38, after a knee injury last month.